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No, just an older, even more corrupt version of him offering the same corrupt socialist policies of giving away money to CEO's, war profiteers, and big corporations. Talk about spreading the wealth. Oh, and that pitiful excuse of a VP. Good riddens to bad rubbish!

Amen! It can't go both ways. Sin is sin is sin. Applies to non-married couples in every variety as well as the abhorent 50% divorce rate.

It's a comfort to know that all of those heterosexuals couples who are living in sin - unmarried but acting as if they were - will be equally affected under this and similar laws. Now if we can just get divorce mandated as prescribed by the scriptures.

Who McCain, with his ties to Hague, Keating, and the Contras? Didn't ya hear, he lost - by a landslide. Thankfully America has elected a president with integrity, honor, and one who is a Christian.

It is long overdue.

Good on you for posting this but it's going to sail right over the heads of those who need to read it the most.

It's not the front line we are worried about, but the rear. What low class comments from both of you. I had the pleasure to serve with men and women from every background you can imagine. Race, gender, religion, sexuality are of no concern on the battle lines. It's all about staying alive so we can protect the freedom of people who utter the kind of tripe you two have.

Sen. Stevens indicted: 7 false statements counts http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080729/ap_on_...vens_indictment

And I am shocked that Fox didn't rush to cover this

Twice in one day....I whole heartedly agree with you.

Oh my. I found something I completely agree with Leonard on.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid...icle%2FShowFull MJ Rosenberg, JPost We do? How do we know that? Besides what does it even mean to be pro-Israel? There is a real irony here, one which most of us who deal with this issue in Washington confront daily. It is that the politicians who are most deft at spouting memorized "pro-Israel" talking points tend to care about Israel the least. The ones who speak from the heart and the head, who study the issue and try to come up with ways to break out of the deadly status quo are the ones who care the most. This includes Jewish politicians, many of whom pretend that they care deeply but only discovered Israel when they decided that playing the Jewish card would help them politically. One Jewish senator I know is well-known for being a fiery uber-hawk on Israel. In fact, he has no interest in Israel at all and never has. He cares deeply about America's domestic problems, on which he's a leader, but is indifferent to Israel, Palestinians and Middle East issues in general. It is precisely because he doesn't give a damn that he can mouth the Marty Peretz/Alan Dershowitz line with such enthusiasm. It matters to him not at all, but it keeps the campaign money rolling in (allowing him to keep doing the things he does care about). He's entitled I suppose. Not everybody has to care about this issue, and I'm glad he has the financial resources to keep getting reelected. Nor do I mind that he is playing the lobby for dupes. What I resent is that this guy, indifferent to Israel, helps set the Senate standard of what is and isn't pro-Israel. But, as I said, what does he care? Other than when he is talking to AIPAC or the American Jewish Committee, he doesn't give Israel's problems a thought. THINK ABOUT it. There is no political downside to simply going with the lobby on the Middle East. It's like what Jackie Kennedy said: You can't be too rich or too thin. In American politics, you can't be "too pro-Israel." A politician knows that all he has to do is say that he is for Israel and against the Palestinians, and he will be deemed a "staunch supporter" of Israel and the campaign money will flow his way. In short, supporting the status quo is a wonderfully lucrative path of least resistance. That is why it is the default position for every politician. It's easy, risk-free, costs nothing but pays great returns. Of course, it also adds significantly to Israel's security problems - and America's declining strategic position in the Middle East. Unfortunately, many, if not most, in the pro-Israel community seem not to understand this. These are the people who think that George W. Bush is the "most pro-Israel president ever" and that the last eight years have been wonderful for Israel. They could not be more wrong. Eight years ago, as president Bill Clinton was preparing to leave office, Israelis and Palestinians were closer to an agreement than ever before. Israel had experienced three years that were virtually terror-free, thanks to Israeli-Palestinian security cooperation. The Clinton-engineered peace treaty with Jordan had eliminated the threat from the east, especially given that Saddam Hussein's Iraq had been neutralized and defanged by sanctions. The eight years that followed were some of the bloodiest in Israel's history. A second intifada took more than a thousand Israeli lives (and three times as many Palestinians). Following its conclusion, and the end of Yasser Arafat's reign, the US demand for elections in the West Bank and Gaza brought Hamas to power. With the US abandoning the role of Middle East "honest broker," Israeli-Palestinian negotiations were intermittent and fruitless. Settlements expanded. Today, in the summer of 2008, Israelis see a new frightening form of terrorism manifested by two attacks by bulldozer in the streets of Jerusalem. And then there is the utter destabilization produced by the Iraq War, which has moved Iraq into Iran's orbit, facilitating Iranian trouble-making and making it more of a threat to Israel than ever before. This is not a status quo anyone should seek to preserve, let alone celebrate. Politicians who endorse it serve neither America's nor Israel's interests. Pro-Israel? No way. Pro-themselves? Indeed. The writer is director of Israel Policy Forum's Washington Policy Center.

WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate John McCain drew a sharp rebuke Monday from conservatives after he signaled an openness to a higher payroll tax for Social Security, contrary to previous vows not to raise taxes of any kind. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080729/ap_on_...KTNcKftZOSs0NUE

Agreed.

The media is following Barack everywhere, but they're not saying good things. McCain is getting lighter coverage, but the media's saying better things. Btw, kat, I listen to the same talk radio garbage that you do; I just don't fall for it. Spoken like a champ.

"Chief Sterling Owen IV said Monday that police found a letter in Jim D. Adkisson's car. Owen said Adkisson was apparently frustrated over being out of work and had a "stated hatred of the liberal movement." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080728/ap_on_...church_shooting 'With good conservative "Christians" like this monster, Hagee, Phelps etc... it makes Satan's job of destroying humanity a lot easier. Praying for the families and church members affected by this abomination.

WASHINGTON - The Senate cleared the last hurdle Friday to passing a housing rescue aimed at sparing hundreds of thousands of homeowners from foreclosure and bolstering troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_...ongress_housing

Amen. Praying here for this to happen sooner than later. BTW did you see the video of the troops when Obama was speaking to them? Awesome. http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/VIDEO_US...ation_in_Kuwait

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/24/...olitics_4291311 House Republicans on Thursday scuttled a bill that Democrats hoped would help lower gasoline prices by forcing the Energy Department to release 70 million barrels of oil - about a three-day supply - from the national stockpile. Better to wait a few years for off shore drilling to lower prices....

http://www.pjvoice.com/v34/34303kurtzer.aspx Middle-East Policy Advisor to Senator Barack Obama's Presidential Campaign. Former United States Ambassador to Israel Daniel C. Kurtzer holds the S. David Abraham Visiting Professor in Middle East Policy Studies at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. During his 29 years in public service, Ambassador Kurtzer has held a number of senior diplomatic and policy positions including U.S. Ambassador to Israel from 2001 to 2005, and U.S. Ambassador to Egypt under Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush. In addition, he served as a lead intelligence officer in the State Department. He received a bachelor

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/26/...in3204570.shtml A call by Puerto Rico's governor for a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq earned a standing ovation from a conference of more than 4,000 National Guardsmen. Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila said Saturday that the U.S. administration has "no new strategy and no signs of success" and that prolonging the war would needlessly put guardsmen in harm's way. "The war in Iraq has fractured the political will of the United States and the world," he said at the opening of the 129th National Guard Association general conference. "Clearly, a new war strategy is required and urgently." Acevedo said sending more troops to Iraq would be a costly blunder. "By increasing the number of National Guard and reserve troops, we put our soldiers in danger for the umpteenth time since the beginning of the global war on terrorism," said the governor, adding U.S. territories and states need Guard reserves in the event of natural disasters and domestic disturbances. Acevedo, a Democrat, has called on Washington to withdraw troops from Iraq in the past, but has not been a vocal critic of the war. Col. David Carrion Baralt, the Guard's top official in the U.S. Caribbean territory, said Acevedo received a standing ovation. "Maybe the (officers) were not expecting those kinds of comments, but having a dialogue is the point of conferences like these," Carrion said by phone. The nonpartisan National Guard Association represents nearly 45,000 current and former Air and Army National Guard officers and petitions Congress for resources. About 1,800 Puerto Rican guardsmen are stationed overseas. It was not immediately clear how many were deployed in Iraq. "The daily death toll of Americans and their allies has caused irreparable anguish here in Puerto Rico, and throughout the country. The same could be said for the people of Iraq," Acevedo said.

it seems a poorly thought out plan. the definition of abortion is too broad and will just cause problems. I think that even pro-life people should be against this plan. Restricting access to birth control pills will just add to the number of abortions. Agreed.

Apparently Mr. Pinkas doesn't see it that way. You can call it whatever you like, but at least an effort is being made to ease the concerns of the Israelis and let them know that as our allies they are a priority.